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Spatangoidea :: Spatangoidea (n. pl.) An order of irregular sea urchins, usually having a more or less heart-shaped shell with four or five petal-like ambulacra above. The mouth is edentulous and situated anteriorly, on the under side..

Brain :: Brain (n.) The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and volition) which is inclosed in the cartilaginous or bony cranium of vertebrate animals. It is simply the anterior termination of the spinal cord, and is developed from three embryonic vesicles, whose cavities are connected with the central canal of the cord; the cavities of the vesicles become the central cavities, or ventricles, and the walls thicken unequally and become the three seg

Supratemporal :: Suprasternal (a.) Situated above, or anterior to, the sternum..

Malacopterygii :: Malacopterygii (n. pl.) An order of fishes in which the fin rays, except the anterior ray of the pectoral and dorsal fins, are closely jointed, and not spiny. It includes the carp, pike, salmon, shad, etc. Called also Malacopteri..

Frontal :: Frontal (a.) Of or pertaining to the forehead or the anterior part of the roof of the brain case; as, the frontal bones..

Elytrum :: Elytrum (n.) One of the anterior pair of wings in the Coleoptera and some other insects, when they are thick and serve only as a protection for the posterior pair..

Phragmocone :: Phragmocone (n.) The thin chambered shell attached to the anterior end of a belemnite.

Inferior :: Inferior (a.) On the side of a flower which is next the bract; anterior.

Cephalad :: Cephalad (adv.) Forwards; towards the head or anterior extremity of the body; opposed to caudad.

Mantis :: Mantis (n.) Any one of numerous species of voracious orthopterous insects of the genus Mantis, and allied genera. They are remarkable for their slender grotesque forms, and for holding their stout anterior legs in a manner suggesting hands folded in prayer. The common American species is M. Carolina..

Palmated :: Palmated (a.) Having the anterior toes united by a web, as in most swimming birds; webbed..

Zygapophysis :: Zygapophysis (n.) One of the articular processes of a vertebra, of which there are usually four, two anterior and two posterior. See under Vertebra..

Terma :: Terma (n.) The terminal lamina, or thin ventral part, of the anterior wall of the third ventricle of the brain..

Nail :: Nail (n.) The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera.

Nuchal :: Nuchal (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the back, or nape, of the neck; -- applied especially to the anterior median plate in the carapace of turtles..

Cromlech :: Cromlech (n.) A monument of rough stones composed of one or more large ones supported in a horizontal position upon others. They are found chiefly in countries inhabited by the ancient Celts, and are of a period anterior to the introduction of Christianity into these countries..

Mentomeckelian :: Mentomeckelian (n.) The bone or cartilage forming the anterior extremity of the lower jaw in some adult animals and the young of others.

Sacrovertebral :: Sacrovertebral (a.) Of or pertaining to the sacrum and that part of the vertebral column immediately anterior to it; as, the sacrovertebral angle..

Prosencephalon :: Prosencephalon (n.) The anterior segment of the brain, including the cerebrum and olfactory lobes; the forebrain..

Heterotricha :: Heterotricha (n. pl.) A division of ciliated Infusoria, having fine cilia all over the body, and a circle of larger ones around the anterior end..

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